verb
Freq #320466
Meanings
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verb
to control or rule over people in an arrogant, overbearing way
The director tried to domineer over the committee instead of listening to its advice.
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Etymology
Borrowed in the early seventeenth century from Dutch domineren, reinforced by French dominer, both ultimately from Latin dominari ('to rule, be master'), from dominus ('lord, master').